The Price of Everything

The Price of Everything
Film poster
Directed byNathaniel Kahn
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBob Richman
Edited bySabine Krayenbühl
Music byJeff Beal
Distributed byHBO Documentary Films
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time
98 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Price of Everything is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Nathaniel Kahn and produced by Jennifer Blei Stockman, Debi Wisch, Carla Solomon and Katharina Otto-Bernstein for HBO.[2][3]

The film features interviews with people prominently involved in contemporary art and the market for it, including; artists Jeff Koons, Larry Poons, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Gerhard Richter, George Condo, Marilyn Minter art dealer Gavin Brown, Sotheby's executive vice president Amy Cappellazzo, auctioneer Simon de Pury, collectors Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson and Inga Rubenstein, and art critic Jerry Saltz.[4][5]

The film takes its title from a quote from the 1892 Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan delivered on screen by art collector Stefan Edlis: "There are a lot of people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing".[6][7][8]

Awards

Year Award Category Result Ref
2018 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition (Grand Jury Prize) Nominated [9][10]
2019 News and Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary Nominated [11]

See also

  • The Lost Leonardo, 2021 documentary film about the most expensive art sale in history

References

  1. ^ Schneider, Tim (October 31, 2018). "'The Price of Everything' Has a Vision of the Art Market to Sell You. Don't Buy It". Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  2. ^ DeFore, John (25 January 2018). "'The Price of Everything': Film Review Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ Gleiberman, Owen. "Film Review: 'The Price of Everything'". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ^ "In the Price of Everything, a Look at How Money Makes the Art World Go Round". 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ "The Price of Everything review – elusive portrait of art-world prestige". TheGuardian.com. 16 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Review: 'The Price of Everything' Asks $56 Billion Questions About Art". 16 October 2018.
  7. ^ "'The Price of Everything' Has a Vision of the Art Market to Sell You. Don't Buy It". Artnet News. 31 October 2018.
  8. ^ Scott, A. O. (16 October 2018). "Review: 'The Price of Everything' Asks $56 Billion Questions About Art". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Sundance 2018 Deals: The Complete List of Festival Purchases So Far". indiewire.com. 18 January 2018.
  10. ^ "HBO Documentary Films Acquires 'The Price Of Everything' Ahead Of Sundance Premiere". Deadline Hollywood. 16 January 2018.
  11. ^ "NOMINEES FOR THE 40th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED – The Emmys". 25 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-10.


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